made in koreaTumblr (3.0; @stephaniedrenka)http://stephaniedrenka.com/“Happiness is like a butterfly which, when pursued, is always beyond our grasp, but, if you will sit down quietly, may alight upon you.”<br/><br/> - <em>Nathaniel Hawthorne (via <a href="http://kari-shma.tumblr.com/">kari-shma</a>) (via <a href="http://quote-book.tumblr.com/">quote-book</a>)</em>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/420320052http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/420320052Mon, 01 Mar 2010 14:41:32 -0500“I believe if there’s any kind of God it wouldn’t be in any of us, not you or me but just this little space in between. If there’s any kind of magic in this world it must be in the attempt of understanding someone sharing something. I know, it’s almost impossible to succeed but who cares really? The answer must be in the attempt.”<br/><br/> - <em>Celine,<i> Before Sunrise</i></em>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/418629748http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/418629748Sun, 28 Feb 2010 19:13:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyja7s5T8U1qa03qzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>everything’s coming up <i>daisies</i>.</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/416771784http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/416771784Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:09:28 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ky9q2cq4BO1qa03qzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>the bluest ensemble i could throw together for the mavs game tonight.</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/405811311http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/405811311Mon, 22 Feb 2010 19:15:48 -0500<embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://stephaniedrenka.com/swf/audio_player.swf?audio_file=http://www.tumblr.com/audio_file/405017238/tumblr_ky7wu9JkAU1qa08jj&color=FFFFFF" height="27" width="207" quality="best"></embed><br/><br/><p><b>2NE1 vs. Paradiso Girls</b> - <i>Pretty Tequila (Mash Up)<br/></i>(via <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vODjAeJeUqQ">alikstae</a>)</p> <blockquote> <blockquote> <blockquote></blockquote> </blockquote> </blockquote> <p>love love love it.</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/405017238http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/405017238Mon, 22 Feb 2010 10:17:38 -0500“The person who risks nothing… does nothing, has nothing, is nothing, and becomes nothing — He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he simply cannot learn and feel and change and grow and love and live.”<br/><br/> - <em>Leo F. Buscaglia</em>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/384896201http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/384896201Thu, 11 Feb 2010 22:58:19 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxp93zRDsk1qa03qzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>my little snow bunny</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/384437812http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/384437812Thu, 11 Feb 2010 17:57:00 -0500“Never offer your heart to someone who eats hearts.”<br/><br/> - <em>Alice Walker</em>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/382813793http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/382813793Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:39:06 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxlhipdTDR1qa03qzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>i’m torn.</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/380585146http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/380585146Tue, 09 Feb 2010 17:08:49 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxhlnycU3Q1qa03qzo1_r1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>best birthday ever. (from what i can remember)</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/376546119http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/376546119Sun, 07 Feb 2010 14:47:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kxc5ylDO0M1qa03qzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>a pinktastic 24th birfday. courtesy of the <i>best</i> best friend ever. (and her mom). in case you are wondering, yes that is edible glitter on the cupcakes.</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/371068148http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/371068148Thu, 04 Feb 2010 16:20:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwy1g5bJMh1qa03qzo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>watching my <a target="blank" href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=noSqSowmDAA">arrival video</a> always makes me so sad… even though it should be the happiest moment of my life. my entire family was at the airport waiting for me. i loved having this video to see the excitement on all of their faces when my parents walked into the terminal holding me. now it kills me to see so many of my loved ones that i have lost in recent years. grandma betty, uncle tom, aunt cindy, grandma irene, grandpa paul. this particular frame almost knocked the wind out of me today. exactly one year after my dad’s mom passed away, the same year that we lost my mom’s dad— to see them both in the same video still… i want to pause it indefinitely. no… i want to rewind everything. i want another chance at a moment like this, with my whole family in one room, though i know it to be impossible. and i don’t think i will ever feel as surrounded by love as i was then.</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/357477619http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/357477619Thu, 28 Jan 2010 01:16:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwxzy1eMFk1qa03qzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>january 27</b>. i miss you, grandma. i hate that i’ve lived an entire year without you.</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/357432943http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/357432943Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:44:00 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwxi1uBg8q1qa03qzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>how i miss rollerblading along lake shore drive with my dslr. found this tolkien quote at a time when i most needed to take its words to heart. it’s good to remind myself of them now and again.</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/356806385http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/356806385Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:17:54 -0500“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”<br/><br/> - <em>Mark Twain</em>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/356798415http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/356798415Wed, 27 Jan 2010 18:12:36 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwvn36UbbJ1qa03qzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>spent my day off catching up with the two loves of my life. nothing makes me happier than this pair of hot dogs.</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/355016819http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/355016819Tue, 26 Jan 2010 18:11:30 -0500“you’ve had an effect on my life.”<br/><br/> - <em>sex, lies, and videotape</em>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/353781540http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/353781540Mon, 25 Jan 2010 23:25:57 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kws78x4EqQ1qa03qzo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>this is how my best friend and i pass the time during football season.</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/351821713http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/351821713Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:36:33 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwkvvdIdG41qa03qzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>still have yet to decide how i feel about my new “do”</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/345348949http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/345348949Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:47:37 -0500<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kwkb9uwZ8Z1qa03qzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>feeling especially korean after my $25 ktown haircut. kamsahamnida, ajumma!</p>http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/344718827http://stephaniedrenka.com/post/344718827Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:22:42 -0500